Apr 15 2024
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Blackstar
David Bowie
3
Apr 16 2024
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The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd at their very best
5
Apr 17 2024
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Live At The Regal
B.B. King
Never really listened to blues properly and this is a masterclass - what a voice.
4
Apr 18 2024
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Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
Released in 1992 and an album I liked but didn’t love.
The tracks are commentary on American racism, police brutality, corporate greed - all of which are unfortunately still as relevant today (if not more so) and the desire to rise up and reclaim power.
My issue has always been that it ends up all sounding the same - by halfway through the album you’ve switched off to the lyrics as De la Rocha screams in your ear and the guitar and bass fight for dominance on the audio.
3
Apr 19 2024
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Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
An album that sums up Paul McCartney - willing to throw anything at the wall and see what sticks.
There’s highs and lows on this one - the opening 3 tracks are some of his best solo work, then it dips for a bit and picks up at the end.
3
Apr 22 2024
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Morrison Hotel
The Doors
I’ve never really liked the doors and this doesn’t change my mind. Not sure what makes this one of the 1001 albums I need to listen to but I have now done that and probably won’t listen to it ever again.
A 2 pointer just to let me rate another of their albums lower.
2
Apr 23 2024
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It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
A band I’ve heard of but not listened to. Pleasantly surprised - maybe just because this was a Monday morning album and I needed something upbeat but this hit all the right notes.
A couple of tracks fell flat on the 2nd half for me but overall a decent album that will make me go back and listen to their other work.
4
Apr 24 2024
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Homework
Daft Punk
One of the albums on the list I’ve listened to since I first heard “da Funk” with the iconic video of the dog man walking the streets of New York.
Probably my personal 3rd favourite Daft Punk album (Alive 2007 and Discovery beat it to the punch) but even with that it’s still a 5 star for me.
Just sad they’ve split up and I won’t get a chance to see them perform their magic live.
5
Apr 25 2024
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Screamadelica
Primal Scream
It’s a weird album that I never fully got into at the time as all that stuff was diametrically opposed to my rock sensibilities at the time - obv then I went to college and the drugs kicked in :)
Still an album of highs and lows as it gets a bit lost in the “we have samplers” of the late 80’s house music scene but is certainly an album that defined a decade in how it managed to blend house, rock and gospel.
4
Apr 26 2024
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Shadowland
k.d. lang
Country isn’t a genre I really enjoy and this album of covers is a mixed bag. There’s a couple of decent tunes but most of them just feel forced.
Another one ticked off the list but I can’t say it’s made me a country fan or any more inclined to listen to KD Lang.
1
Apr 27 2024
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Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
One of the best albums of all time. There isn’t a bad track on here - even Moby Dick which is just essentially a 4 minute drum solo is superb.
Few albums can top this - apart from maybe Led Zep IV but it’s a close call.
5
Apr 28 2024
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Beach Samba
Astrud Gilberto
An inoffensive album that absolutely sounds like the 60’s - couple of proper stinkers on there that break the feel of the album but in general it’s the kind of thing I’d expect to play in the background of a hotel lobby somewhere. I’m now off to watch Austin Powers.
3
Apr 29 2024
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Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
What can I say - it’s inoffensive American radio rock - AOR I think they used to call it.
Is it bad - no - is it in any way exceptional - no.
2
Apr 30 2024
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That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
Soulful, funky upbeat 70’s.
4
May 01 2024
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The Coral
The Coral
Sea shanties, reggae, indie rock, ska all blended together to become less than the sum of its parts.
Dreaming of you is a standout song in a sea of try hard blandness - I can only think when they drew the list up and needed to include 2002 there was very little from that year to choose from.
1
May 02 2024
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Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
Part of the reason I started this journey was to hear music that wouldn’t normally have appeared on my radar.
Really enjoyed this one.
4
May 03 2024
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Here Come The Warm Jets
Brian Eno
I wondered what I was getting with a solo Brian Eno album but this a surprising classic that seems to have eluded me until now.
5
May 04 2024
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The College Dropout
Kanye West
Can you separate art and the artist. Not when they get even a penny of my streaming money.
This may be the greatest album of all time (it’s not) but I’ll skip it as Kanye is a piece of shit.
1
May 05 2024
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A Northern Soul
The Verve
3
May 06 2024
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Melodrama
Lorde
I’m obviously getting old as this sounds like much of the current line of female pop, I couldn’t tell the difference between a Lorde song and a hundred other chart songs.
Forgettable.
1
May 07 2024
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Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
2
May 08 2024
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Document
R.E.M.
One of the best albums from REM who had a run of classics from 87 -92.
4
May 09 2024
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Honky Tonk Heroes
Waylon Jennings
Not a big country fan but quite enjoyed this.
2
May 10 2024
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Zombie
Fela Kuti
I can appreciate this without actually enjoying it.
2
May 11 2024
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The Specials
The Specials
2
May 12 2024
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Feast of Wire
Calexico
2
May 13 2024
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Stripped
Christina Aguilera
1
May 14 2024
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Surfer Rosa
Pixies
Another one I know songs from but never listened to - can hear the influence this had directly on bands like Nirvana.
One that I’ll now have on my rotation of albums I think.
4
May 15 2024
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Calenture
The Triffids
Had never heard of this band and after listening to the album I know why. Generic 80’s sounds abound and it occasionally reminds you of music by a better artist.
Not sure why I needed to listen to this one before I die - unless it was to show me there were better albums in this year.
If you want a better Aussie music from 1987 go listen to INXS - Kick which is criminally missing from the list.
1
May 16 2024
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Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
It’s always interesting when you get handed something that’s well outside your usual musical sphere however the album feels overly long - probably because by the end of the second track it becomes very similar sounding (to my ears at least).
Glad to have listened to it but it’s not for me.
2
May 17 2024
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Brown Sugar
D'Angelo
It’s alright - mid 90’s R&B but ultimately forgettable background music.
2
May 18 2024
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Elephant
The White Stripes
An album I’ve heard but never really listened to if that makes sense.
I didn’t get into the white stripes - probably because I was going through my “it’s popular so can’t be good” phase.
Well I’m proven wrong as this album is an absolute joy from beginning to end.
Starting with the best bassline ever and just keeping the momentum going for the entire album.
Ball and biscuit being an absolute highlight.
5
May 19 2024
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Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
Absolute tosh.
1
May 20 2024
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Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
There’s a fine line between genius and madman - Zappa strides it confidently. Probably his most accessible album but even then it tests your patience at times when it descends into the band having a drawn out jam session.
4
May 21 2024
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Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
4
May 22 2024
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B-52's
The B-52's
I’ve listened to the B-52’s several times and outside of a couple of tracks just haven’t got on with them.
This still hasn’t changed.
2
May 23 2024
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Out of Step
Minor Threat
I think I’m not angry enough these days to appreciate this but can hear the influence it had on a lot of stuff I did listen to.
2
May 24 2024
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...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
2
May 25 2024
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Pearl
Janis Joplin
An album/artist I haven’t listened to in 20+ years. She had an amazing voice but the overall album is a mixed bag.
3
May 26 2024
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What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
3
May 27 2024
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Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
Elevator music for old people in vegas.
1
May 28 2024
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In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
A 2 track jazz fusion jam session - oh god what will I need to endure!!
First listen I was a bit bemused at what I was listening to.
Second listen I found some moments that I quite enjoyed.
Third listen I realised it needed to be approached like an aphex twin ambient album - let yourself just be taken where the band leads you.
I’m not a jazz convert yet but it’s not the painful experience I’d anticipated.
A decent 3 that may one day become a 4 if I go back to it in future times.
3
May 29 2024
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
5
May 30 2024
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Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners
I only knew the singles and they are still the best things from this. Surprised to find they have more than one album - even more surprising to find there’s 3 on the list as I honestly thought they were at most a one album wonder.
Shows how much of an impact they had one me in the 80s.
2
May 31 2024
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White Ladder
David Gray
2
Jun 01 2024
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Diamond Life
Sade
3
Jun 02 2024
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Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
1
Jun 03 2024
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Siembra
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
3
Jun 04 2024
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Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3
Jun 05 2024
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Freak Out!
The Mothers Of Invention
Starts pretty normally and descends into absolute madness.
Musically excellent when it tries and as mad as a box of frogs at others. I can’t say I enjoyed about half of the album but it’s certainly an experience.
3
Jun 06 2024
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Metallica
Metallica
4
Jun 07 2024
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Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
Still an album that I struggle to like - just kinda meandering around and never sounding like something cohesive. Influential but not for me.
3
Jun 08 2024
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Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
This has made me enjoy jazz’
5
Jun 09 2024
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Central Reservation
Beth Orton
3
Jun 10 2024
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Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
3
Jun 11 2024
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Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
4
Jun 12 2024
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Microshift
Hookworms
3
Jun 13 2024
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New Boots And Panties
Ian Dury
2
Jun 14 2024
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Kimono My House
Sparks
So outside of the 1st track I’d never heard this - no idea why it’s all kinds of awesome. Eclectic, funny and just on the right side of glam rock to keep me listening.
I always knew that lots of bands mention sparks as an influence and now I know why.
4
Jun 15 2024
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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
I always took Dylan as folky guitar, mouth organ and mumbled “singing”.
This however shows he was at one point capable of making every syllable crystal clear.
This allows you to hear the one thing he did better than anyone - lyrics.
There’s a reason his songs get covered by so many artists. Did it convert me to a fan - probably not but I have a better appreciation of the man.
3
Jun 16 2024
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Konnichiwa
Skepta
I’m just too old and not from London so grime just annoys me.
1
Jun 17 2024
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Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
2
Jun 18 2024
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Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3
Jun 19 2024
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Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
One of the defining albums of the 80’s - when I think back to visiting London the number of Frankie says shirts, the videos, the controversy but thankfully the music is also superb.
Pleasuredome, Relax, Two Tribes and power of love are still as good now as they ever were.
There’s still too many covers padding out the run time (despite the quality of them) and that keeps it from a 5 but the big tacks absolutely justify a 4.
4
Jun 20 2024
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Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Is there anything that screams 70’s prog excess more than a prog rock adaptation of a classical piece inspired by an exhibition of a dead painters art.
This may well be the absolute embodiment of why the genre became hugely uncool and died.
It’s not that it’s bad it’s just getting so high on the smell of its own farts that you can almost taste it now. I bet the audience in Newcastle still have folk asking “who dropped one” when they walk into a room the stench is so great.
3
Jun 21 2024
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Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
2
Jun 22 2024
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
Feel wrong to have to rate this as it’s one of the most influential albums of all time, one of my most played and most loved.
There’s a reason it’s so well regarded.
5
Jun 23 2024
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The Undertones
The Undertones
I enjoyed this but didn’t love it.
3
Jun 24 2024
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Quiet Life
Japan
3
Jun 25 2024
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Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
3
Jun 26 2024
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All Hail the Queen
Queen Latifah
Late 80’s hiphop/ house has aged badly.
2
Jun 27 2024
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Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3
Jun 28 2024
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Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
4
Jun 29 2024
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There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
4
Jun 30 2024
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Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
3
Jul 01 2024
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Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood
Everything awful about 80’s music in one album.
1
Jul 02 2024
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At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
4
Jul 03 2024
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Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3
Jul 04 2024
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Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
3
Jul 05 2024
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Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
3
Jul 06 2024
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A Night At The Opera
Queen
4
Jul 07 2024
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Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
4
Jul 08 2024
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Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Byrds
1
Jul 09 2024
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xx
The xx
4
Jul 10 2024
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Cupid & Psyche 85
Scritti Politti
Mid 80’s chart pop - exactly the kind of stuff I hated back in the day.
2
Jul 11 2024
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Low
David Bowie
4
Jul 12 2024
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Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
Didn’t enjoy as much as the more Freeform long play stuff we’ve already had - still good though.
3
Jul 13 2024
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British Steel
Judas Priest
An absolute classic slice of British metal - I was always more of a maiden fan but you can see their influences are the same.
4
Jul 14 2024
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New Wave
The Auteurs
Had never heard of this band before - after listening I know why.
1
Jul 15 2024
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Idlewild
Everything But The Girl
Christ I hated them in he 80’s - I haven’t changed my opinion - hold music for car insurance.
1
Jul 16 2024
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Live!
Fela Kuti
4
Jul 17 2024
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Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
1
Jul 18 2024
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Songs The Lord Taught Us
The Cramps
2
Jul 19 2024
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Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
A French hip hop album - really!! That was my first thoughts when hitting play - however despite not understanding what’s being said the album has a really nice chilled flow. I considered looking up a translation but some things are best left alone.
3
Jul 20 2024
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1984
Van Halen
4
Jul 21 2024
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Headquarters
The Monkees
4
Jul 22 2024
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If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
3
Jul 23 2024
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Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
2
Jul 24 2024
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Darklands
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4
Jul 25 2024
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Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
Hadn’t heard this in years - still holds up well
4
Jul 26 2024
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Snivilisation
Orbital
3
Jul 27 2024
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All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
4
Jul 28 2024
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White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
4
Jul 29 2024
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I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
2
Jul 30 2024
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Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
2
Jul 31 2024
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In Our Heads
Hot Chip
2
Aug 01 2024
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Scream, Dracula, Scream
Rocket From The Crypt
2
Aug 02 2024
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Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4
Aug 03 2024
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Stardust
Willie Nelson
2
Aug 04 2024
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Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
3
Aug 05 2024
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The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis
A classic bit of prog
4
Aug 06 2024
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Pretenders
Pretenders
3
Aug 07 2024
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The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell
2
Aug 08 2024
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
5
Aug 09 2024
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Smash
The Offspring
Listening to this just reminds me of getting wasted playing Tony hawks pro skater for hours at a mates house. Doesn’t quite stand the test of time but there’s a few tracks that are still great.
3
Aug 10 2024
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Paranoid
Black Sabbath
A classic and cornerstone of metal.
5
Aug 11 2024
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Liege And Lief
Fairport Convention
3
Aug 12 2024
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The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
I just can’t get into Nick Cave - his voice grates and he seems like the most miserable man on the planet. This album especially - I had to split up the listen over an entire day to get through it without wanting to drink bleach.
1
Aug 13 2024
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Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
Had never heard of this artist until today and I listened to all 3 of his albums. An absolute hidden gem to me and one I’ll be adding to my regular playlist.
5
Aug 14 2024
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The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
I can appreciate talent but it’s not for me.
2
Aug 15 2024
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Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
A classic but maybe not one that’s stood the test of time.
3
Aug 16 2024
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Metal Box
Public Image Ltd.
I’m all for experimenting in music but this tuneless mess of an album isn’t anything more than up his own arse Lydon furiously masturbating at how edgy he thinks he is.
The only thing holding this together is the bass playing on every track which might be the only redeeming feature.
1
Aug 17 2024
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Arrival
ABBA
I never really thought of abba as an album band - big hit singles are their bread and butter.
This kinda show that - the singles are top class 70’s pop but the rest are a mixed bag.
4
Aug 18 2024
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The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
The album that got me into metal - I had everything Maiden recorded between this and Fear of the Dark and have listened to this one regularly for the last 40 years.
5
Aug 19 2024
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Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Is there such a thing as too proggy - this may be it.
3
Aug 20 2024
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(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3
Aug 21 2024
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Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
An all time classic. Meat Loaf may have been the only person who could pull off this OTT mix of rock, opera and pure cheese.
5
Aug 22 2024
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Fly Or Die
N.E.R.D
2
Aug 23 2024
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Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
TV On The Radio
2
Aug 24 2024
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Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
2
Aug 25 2024
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It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
3
Aug 26 2024
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Van Halen
Van Halen
I should like van halen - a talented front man, some amazing guitar work but it just feels like the single influence on 80’s hair metal and the US bands that made the genre a joke.
Some decent songs but not enough for me to listen again.
3
Aug 27 2024
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Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
4
Aug 28 2024
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Black Metal
Venom
An album I’ve not listened to since my first foray into metal in the 80’s. Wasn’t to my taste then but can see the influence it had on entire genre.
3
Aug 29 2024
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Machine Head
Deep Purple
5
Aug 30 2024
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Kick Out The Jams (Live)
MC5
An interesting listen - hadn’t heard of them before and it’s definitely a massive influence on what would become punk in a few years.
4
Aug 31 2024
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Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
Sep 01 2024
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Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3
Sep 02 2024
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Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael
4
Sep 03 2024
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At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
4
Sep 04 2024
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Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
A nice slice of 60s psychedelia
4
Sep 05 2024
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The Madcap Laughs
Syd Barrett
3
Sep 06 2024
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Shalimar
Rahul Dev Burman
1
Sep 07 2024
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Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
A belter of an album by an artist at the top of their game.
5
Sep 08 2024
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Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
5
Sep 09 2024
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Risque
CHIC
Some funky sounds on this but gets a bit samey.
3
Sep 10 2024
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Liquid Swords
GZA
3
Sep 11 2024
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You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
This is one of those albums that mostly everyone in the late 90’s owned. A few classic tracks but relentlessly repetitive on the fillers.
3
Sep 12 2024
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Aja
Steely Dan
Another dull album for 1970’s american radio - honestly can’t see what about this I needed to hear before I went to bed today - far less before I die.
Worse of all there’s several more of this bland Americana on the list - I can only assume the author needed to tick a “music for people with no taste” option.
The only redeeming feature is that De La Soul sampled “Peg” and made it into a much better song.
1
Sep 13 2024
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Basket of Light
Pentangle
Quite enjoyed this - I’m now off to read pillars of the earth and drink mead.
3
Sep 14 2024
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Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
4
Sep 15 2024
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
4
Sep 16 2024
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American Idiot
Green Day
The high water mark for Green Day and another album I’ve listened to constantly since its release.
5
Sep 17 2024
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The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
I’m not quite sure if I’m ready for experimental jazz - I think I enjoyed it but it also filled me with dread.
I also want to go watch some film noir now for some reason.
4
Sep 18 2024
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Aqualung
Jethro Tull
More music needs flutes
4
Sep 19 2024
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Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
3
Sep 20 2024
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Pornography
The Cure
The cure at their lowest ebb manage to make some of their best music.
4
Sep 21 2024
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1989
Taylor Swift
Pop perfection - there’s not a song on this that couldn’t be released as a chart single. You may not be a fan of Taylor Swift but you can’t deny that she’s a massive talent and stands head and shoulders above the multitude of copycat artists that have appeared since this album.
4
Sep 22 2024
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Good Old Boys
Randy Newman
Never heard him before outside of tunes for Toy Story - that’s all I could think of while listening to this - however with the lyrical content it’s unlikely any of these are appearing in the next Pixar production!!!
2
Sep 23 2024
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Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon
Would have been a 2 but the late great Johnny Ace added a point.
3
Sep 24 2024
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The White Album
Beatles
5
Sep 25 2024
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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
Pretentious art school rock but I can’t help myself - this album is an absolute banger.
4
Sep 26 2024
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White Light
Gene Clark
The byrds and their respective members were much more fun when taking LSD.
1
Sep 27 2024
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Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
3
Sep 28 2024
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Ten
Pearl Jam
One of the best albums to come out of the grunge scene. Some of the tracks still hit hard (Jeremy, Black). It’s been on rotation in my collection for over 30 years now.
5
Sep 29 2024
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Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
Me and this album have many memories, chilling with friends, post party early mornings, late night gatherings.
Sheer ambient bliss. It’s not for everyone but for me it’s my go to album to find that zen place.
5
Sep 30 2024
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Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
3
Oct 01 2024
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Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
Can’t deny the man has a voice made for soul - unfortunately the entire album comes across as self indulgent and kinda uninteresting for large parts of each track.
2
Oct 02 2024
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Talking Timbuktu
Ali Farka Touré
Relaxing enough sounds but nothing if actively choose to listen to again.
2
Oct 03 2024
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Who's Next
The Who
5
Oct 04 2024
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Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
4
Oct 05 2024
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The Doors
The Doors
The doors best album but still bogged down by Morrison’s bad poetry masquerading as lyrics. Overrated.
2
Oct 06 2024
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Scott 2
Scott Walker
4
Oct 07 2024
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Come Find Yourself
Fun Lovin' Criminals
3
Oct 08 2024
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Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
I’ve never been a fan of Springsteen but I absolutely get why he is huge. The album is mostly end to end hit after hit.
Maybe you need to be from the states to connect with it.
3
Oct 09 2024
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Signing Off
UB40
2
Oct 10 2024
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Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre
4
Oct 11 2024
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Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
I just can’t get into Bob Dylan - as a songwriter he’s one of the best ever but as a singer he sounds like a drunk in a pub karaoke.
2
Oct 12 2024
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Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
3
Oct 13 2024
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Psychocandy
The Jesus And Mary Chain
A hard one to rate as it’s not an easy listen for someone coming into it blind. It’s a 3 because it’s not clicked for me - it may become a 4 in the future but I can’t amend votes.
3
Oct 14 2024
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Bad
Michael Jackson
This has aged like milk.
2
Oct 15 2024
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Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
3
Oct 16 2024
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Rust In Peace
Megadeth
5
Oct 17 2024
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Bug
Dinosaur Jr.
1
Oct 18 2024
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En-Tact
The Shamen
3
Oct 19 2024
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Hunky Dory
David Bowie
4
Oct 20 2024
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California
American Music Club
3
Oct 21 2024
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Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
3
Oct 22 2024
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Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
I was a fan of this in the 90’s and it still holds up well.
4
Oct 23 2024
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Ray Of Light
Madonna
Got to give Madonna her due - she always knew how to jump on a trend. This is her late 90’s electro pop period and probably the last decent album she made.
3
Oct 24 2024
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Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
3
Oct 25 2024
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Devotional Songs
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2
Oct 26 2024
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Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
I just can’t take to Janis Joplin - there’s some great musicianship on this album but every time she opens her mouth it ruins it.
2
Oct 27 2024
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Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
3
Oct 28 2024
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Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
3
Oct 29 2024
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Parklife
Blur
The high water mark of britpop and Blurs best album.
5
Oct 30 2024
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Sunshine Superman
Donovan
Just the 60’s in musical form.
4
Oct 31 2024
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Hunting High And Low
a-ha
4
Nov 01 2024
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Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
2
Nov 02 2024
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
2
Nov 03 2024
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Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
4
Nov 04 2024
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Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
4
Nov 05 2024
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Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
3
Nov 06 2024
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I Against I
Bad Brains
2
Nov 07 2024
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Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell
2
Nov 08 2024
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Purple Rain
Prince
5
Nov 09 2024
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...And Justice For All
Metallica
5
Nov 10 2024
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Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
4
Nov 11 2024
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Smile
Brian Wilson
3
Nov 12 2024
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Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
3
Nov 13 2024
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First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
2
Nov 14 2024
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Public Image: First Issue
Public Image Ltd.
1
Nov 15 2024
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Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
1
Nov 16 2024
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People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
3
Nov 17 2024
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Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
4
Nov 17 2024
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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
3
Nov 18 2024
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She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
3
Nov 19 2024
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Stankonia
OutKast
2
Nov 20 2024
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Brothers
The Black Keys
3
Nov 21 2024
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Connected
Stereo MC's
3
Nov 22 2024
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Among The Living
Anthrax
4
Nov 23 2024
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Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
4
Nov 24 2024
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Welcome to the Afterfuture
Mike Ladd
3
Nov 25 2024
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You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
2
Nov 26 2024
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The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
5
Nov 27 2024
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Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
1
Nov 28 2024
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Truth And Soul
Fishbone
4
Nov 29 2024
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NEU! 75
Neu!
3
Nov 30 2024
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Abraxas
Santana
3
Dec 01 2024
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Isn't Anything
My Bloody Valentine
2
Dec 02 2024
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Parachutes
Coldplay
2
Dec 03 2024
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On The Beach
Neil Young
I just can’t listen to his voice.
2
Dec 04 2024
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The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
I can’t help but love the big band excess paired with that set of pipes.
3
Dec 05 2024
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A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
3
Dec 06 2024
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Nixon
Lambchop
Dull Dull Dull
1
Dec 07 2024
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Tidal
Fiona Apple
4
Dec 08 2024
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The Stranger
Billy Joel
3
Dec 09 2024
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Moondance
Van Morrison
3
Dec 10 2024
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The Score
Fugees
4
Dec 11 2024
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The Idiot
Iggy Pop
3
Dec 12 2024
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Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2
Dec 13 2024
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Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4
Dec 14 2024
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Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
3
Dec 15 2024
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Eternally Yours
The Saints
3
Dec 16 2024
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Fear and Whiskey
Mekons
1
Dec 17 2024
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Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
2
Dec 18 2024
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Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
4
Dec 19 2024
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Shleep
Robert Wyatt
Interesting as a curio but wouldn’t listen again.
2
Dec 20 2024
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Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
2
Dec 21 2024
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You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
2
Dec 22 2024
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Fragile
Yes
3
Dec 23 2024
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The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
2
Dec 24 2024
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Dookie
Green Day
5
Dec 25 2024
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Bubble And Scrape
Sebadoh
1
Dec 26 2024
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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
4
Dec 27 2024
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Remedy
Basement Jaxx
3
Dec 28 2024
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Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
4
Dec 29 2024
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Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
4
Dec 30 2024
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Close To The Edge
Yes
3
Dec 31 2024
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Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
4
Jan 01 2025
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Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
4
Jan 02 2025
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Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
2
Jan 03 2025
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Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren
3
Jan 04 2025
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Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
3
Jan 05 2025
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Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
4
Jan 06 2025
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Porcupine
Echo And The Bunnymen
3
Jan 07 2025
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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
2
Jan 08 2025
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Hypnotised
The Undertones
3
Jan 09 2025
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No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)
Motörhead
3
Jan 10 2025
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Tanto Tempo
Bebel Gilberto
4
Jan 11 2025
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
Fck Kanye
1
Jan 12 2025
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Horses
Patti Smith
3
Jan 13 2025
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Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
4
Jan 14 2025
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Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
4
Jan 15 2025
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Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
Better than the other album they had on the list but still manages to be dull as ditchwater.
2
Jan 16 2025
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I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
3
Jan 17 2025
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Since I Left You
The Avalanches
One of the best albums of its type - a myriad of samples mixed to make a kaleidoscopic album that flows from track to track.
5
Jan 18 2025
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The Next Day
David Bowie
For an artist that had such a long career this is a return to form.
4
Jan 19 2025
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The Last Broadcast
Doves
Another of those albums that loads of my friends loved and I just didn’t get - it’s alright and there goes the fear is a cracker of a song bit it never quite reaches the greatness of that tune.
It’s a solid 2.5 out of 5 but I can’t give half points.
3
Jan 20 2025
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Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer
It may be the origin of heavy metal (stateside) but Sabbath did it better. An interesting piece of music history.
2
Jan 21 2025
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One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
4
Jan 22 2025
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Blur
Blur
4
Jan 23 2025
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Me Against The World
2Pac
2
Jan 24 2025
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Like A Prayer
Madonna
Pretty much peak Madge.
4
Jan 25 2025
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Parallel Lines
Blondie
The album with most of the songs you know by Blondie - runs out of steam a bit in the last 1/3.
4
Jan 26 2025
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The Sensual World
Kate Bush
3
Jan 27 2025
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Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
I like talking heads but this isn’t the best version of them.
3
Jan 28 2025
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Different Class
Pulp
Possibly the best album to come out of the whole Brit pop scene.
5
Jan 29 2025
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Teenage Head
Flamin' Groovies
3
Jan 30 2025
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Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
1
Jan 31 2025
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Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3
Feb 01 2025
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Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4
Feb 02 2025
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Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear
2
Feb 03 2025
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Lost Souls
Doves
3
Feb 04 2025
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Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
A bit more jazz than I maybe like my jazz
3
Feb 05 2025
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Duck Rock
Malcolm McLaren
2
Feb 06 2025
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Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
Hadn’t heard them before - quite liked it in a modern prog way
3
Feb 07 2025
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3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
5
Feb 08 2025
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Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
3
Feb 09 2025
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Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
4
Feb 10 2025
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Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
4
Feb 11 2025
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A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
3
Feb 12 2025
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Maverick A Strike
Finley Quaye
3
Feb 13 2025
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Music From Big Pink
The Band
4
Feb 14 2025
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Solid Air
John Martyn
3
Feb 15 2025
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The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
An amazing vocalist but the show tunes vibe isn’t really my thing.
3
Feb 16 2025
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A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
Argh more boreplay.
3
Feb 17 2025
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Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
Music for American blue collar workers, steeped in Americana. Unfortunately it’s all a bit too po faced.
Give me Meat Loaf and a bit of cheese any day.
2
Feb 18 2025
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Blackstar
David Bowie
3
Feb 19 2025
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The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
4
Feb 20 2025
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Technique
New Order
Blue Monday and True Faith are amazing songs - unfortunately neither of these are on this album. What we have here is New Order on the cusp of their team up with the England football team and well on the slide into mediocrity.
1
Feb 21 2025
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The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHES
4
Feb 22 2025
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Ramones
Ramones
4
Feb 23 2025
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Kenya
Machito
3
Feb 24 2025
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In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra
1
Feb 25 2025
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We Are Family
Sister Sledge
3
Feb 26 2025
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Le Tigre
Le Tigre
2
Feb 27 2025
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Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
3
Feb 28 2025
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Let's Stay Together
Al Green
One amazing song and a bunch that aren’t as good.
3
Mar 01 2025
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Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
5
Mar 02 2025
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Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods
3
Mar 03 2025
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Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
2
Mar 04 2025
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Hard Again
Muddy Waters
4
Mar 05 2025
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New Forms
Roni Size
2
Mar 06 2025
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
5
Mar 07 2025
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Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
Goes on a bit
1
Mar 08 2025
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Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
4
Mar 09 2025
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Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
3
Mar 10 2025
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Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey
2
Mar 11 2025
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Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
1
Mar 12 2025
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Disintegration
The Cure
4
Mar 13 2025
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Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
is it something I’m glad to have heard - possibly.
Is it something I’d willingly listen to again - no.
1
Mar 14 2025
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We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
1
Mar 15 2025
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The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
3
Mar 16 2025
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The Band
The Band
2
Mar 17 2025
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good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
1
Mar 18 2025
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Cloud Nine
The Temptations
3
Mar 19 2025
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Atomizer
Big Black
3
Mar 20 2025
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Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
4
Mar 21 2025
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The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
5
Mar 22 2025
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Moving Pictures
Rush
5
Mar 23 2025
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All Directions
The Temptations
4
Mar 24 2025
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The Stooges
The Stooges
3
Mar 25 2025
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Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
3
Mar 26 2025
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The Chronic
Dr. Dre
1
Mar 27 2025
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Locust Abortion Technician
Butthole Surfers
3
Mar 28 2025
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Kilimanjaro
The Teardrop Explodes
4
Mar 29 2025
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits
4
Mar 30 2025
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Bossanova
Pixies
3
Mar 31 2025
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All Mod Cons
The Jam
4
Apr 01 2025
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2112
Rush
4
Apr 02 2025
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Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour
4
Apr 03 2025
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Frank
Amy Winehouse
2